Japan is a lovely place to tour but I notice a few things that
irks me. First, most of the sales people, be it in the restaurants,
taxis etc are smokers. They stink like farts and made me sick when
coming into contact with them. Second, they are inflexible and does
not have the ability to exercise discretion. Let me elaborate...
we were travelling in a bus and of course we know that talking on
the phone is discouraged. However, on reflex action my wife answered
a phone call when it suddenly  rang, in a soft low voice. Yet some
of the passengers turned around and gave my wife a nasty look.
It could have been an emergency call but I doubt they care.
There are more stories to relate but will do it when I have better
internet connection.